Any Southern Roses Blooming Yet..

Golden Celebration, this year producing big blooms.(finally)

Still looks like a DA rose opened doesn't it..
When taking close ups its best to take them further away and crop them.
Golden Celebration another pretty one.
All my three new DA's are out at present, Mary Rose has finished blooming for a while

Both those photo's were cropped.

Lovely delicale pasterly colours Betty . just lovely.

For Silk.

I wish this rose was 10 times the size it is. Zephirine Drouhin.

Pretty inPink

Seduction.

Very pretty Betty.

My Seduction is blooming like crazy at present also, I took some pics around 6am this morning..Because the nights have gone very cool again Seduction blooms have gone a darker pink, when its hot they are nearly white.

I have a couple of Seductions, and a couple of Mary Roses, and they are always first to bloom down here. Wonderful though, two such lovely roses.

Two for today. First, that thorny devil, Fisherman's Friend. A David Austin rose.


Then, Twilight Mist.

Some beautiful roses in this thread, makes my few look paltry..lol.. I esp love Julia's Rose and Seduction..drool, drool.
I don't have many roses...but this one is a favourite of mine. It is Ballerina Rose...the flowers form in big clusters, they are simple, small flowers but the quantity makes them stand out.....best part...it is thorn-less. This photo doesn't really do it justice...it looks better in real life. The other day I noticed that there were dozens of bees on it...they love it.

Now that's a really pretty rose, Fay. Your photo makes it look more beautiful than the photo's in two books I've just looked at. Wonder if it's the same though, is yours a hybrid musk? It certainly likes to put on a display, doesn't it? I think I could find a spot for one of those in my garden. My wish list should have shrunk after this year's planting but it hasn't.

OH Boy what glorious Roes Betty and Fay . If I lived down south I WOULD BE AN ADDICT. Thanks for posting . Makes you feel good to start the day .

Very pretty Betty must say I do like Twilight Mist.
Even though I am not a pink rose person its amazing how many I have

Fay that is gorgeous its a wonderful rose. I remember Ballerina Rose when years ago one of the members on Garden web put a pic on I fell in with it right off and tried to buy it at Magic Garden Roses when I went down to Melbourne years ago but had no luck that's why I settled for

Pink Bassino Instead. A very old pic

Oh, golly, now I want that one too, Mary-Anne. It looks so much better in your photo than in the Treloars catalogue, I reckon they should give you a job.

Thanks Betty I got most of my roses from here http://www.magicgardenroses.com.au/ in Victoria look under carpet roses for the Pink Bassino they have lovely photo's on their website..

purple tiger



and Ebb Tide

I really MUST get Purple Tiger, Cheryl, I just love it. I'm off to take a quick tour to see what's flowering this morning, before Ian wants me to help scrubbing out horse troughs.

Beautiful blooms as usual

Wish my camera would accept the unusual colour of Lavendar Pinnochio but so far no luck and unfortunately the heat means the rose is fast getting beyond its best. Not so Valencia though. Such a massive rose for such a baby plant.

The two shots below are of a rose sold to me as Cymbeline, a pink David Austin, but obviously it is not that. I am 99.9% positive it is Burgundy Iceberg, and I am happy with that.

Yes it is Burg Berg Betty

Burg Berg, I like that Cheryl.

Here is the only halfways decent photo I have of Lavendar Pinocchio. The first year it was quite pink but now it's more like the colour it should be.

I do like that last one Betty, a new one for me

Yes, it's nice, Cheryl, I sort of group it with Angel Face and Tutu Mauve and am happy to have the three. I have Alfred Sisley blooming this morning and the darn camera went blurry on me. I'll try again later. I really love those striped roses!

Lovely Betty such a delicate colour